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6 GHz Incumbents Seek Inter-Industry Oversight of Frequency Coordination

The Edison Electric Institute and other groups representing incumbent users of the 6 GHz band asked the FCC to delegate the Wireless Innovation Forum or another inter-industry body to develop “standardized implementations” for automated frequency coordination system propagation models. The…

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groups said they appreciate “that the AFCs are collaborating to develop a single interference reporting process rather than each developing its own -- or not having a defined process at all.” But collaboration shouldn’t mean just AFCs, said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 21-352: “It should include representatives of the incumbents whose systems are entitled to interference protection under FCC rules.” Also signing the filing were the Enterprise Wireless Alliance, the International Association of Fire Chiefs and the Utilities Technology Council.